We're going to assume that what Snowden means by "ingested" is
"copied" or otherwise logged and recorded.

So the vast majority of human communications are automatically
recorded by the U.S. government?

That's a pretty startling claim.

It has been nearly 24 hours since Snowden made that claim.

So is the President of the United States, or at least the White
House or the NSA, going to respond to that claim?

If so, when?

Are all our communications being recorded? If so, by whom? How?
Is this recording legal under current laws? Where are the
recordings stored? How long are they kept? Who has access to
them? How can they be used?